Geordie boy Adam Campbell will be ready to grab his chance with Newcastle United when the Magpies return to pre-season training at the start of July.

Still just 19, Campbell will return to the club’s Benton base after his loan spell with St Mirren having banked some valuable experience playing in the SPL.

And after working with former United coach Tommy Craig - who has recently been appointed manager - Campbell will be hoping to kick on in United’s pre-season friendly games, starting with the July 15 opener against Oldham Athletic at Boundary Park.

The Chronicle understands that Campbell has been putting in extra work during his holidays in order to catch the eye of Alan Pardew.

With Pardew down to the bare bones when it comes to strikers, with only England Under-19 international Campbell and fellow youngster Adam Armstrong set to start the season as the only fit forwards along with Yoan Gouffran, the North Shields-born player knows that he has a chance to impress the Toon boss.

Campbell will be hoping to work closely with his former Under-15s coach at United in Steve Stone as Newcastle look to revisit one of the homegrown talents on their books.

The Toon striker made a decent start to life with St Mirren when bagging twice in his first five games.

But he lost his place in then manager Danny Lennon’s team and made just eight more appearances without finding the net.

The jet-heeled reserve team goal-getter is another player who was held in high regard by Alan Pardew and after spending the season out on loan, many fans wonder if he will join the likes of Haris Vuckic, Conor Newton, James Tavernier, Mehdi Abeid and Shane Ferguson as a player that looks like he has been overlooked.

But Campbell still feels he has a chance of breaking through.

Speaking during his time in Scotland, the striker said he wanted to join the famous list of products that had graduated from Wallsend Boys Club and went on star for Newcastle.

He said: “They’ve brought plenty of players through over the years – guys such as Shearer, Peter Beardsley, Alan Thompson and Michael Carrick.